What is warehousing of apartments?

Warehousing of apartments refers to a landlord or investor keeping rental units deliberately vacant, often while renovating, awaiting a sale, or waiting for rents to rise, rather than actively renting them out. Critics argue this reduces available housing supply and can be tied to speculation rather than genuine repair or redevelopment work. Whether specific vacancy patterns like this are regulated depends on the local jurisdiction and are not something North Metro Atlanta cities have all addressed the same way. Joel Boss can tell you what is happening with vacancy and inventory in a specific town he covers.